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Bollywood News and Gossip | Bollywood Movie Reviews, Songs and Videos | Bollywood Actress and Actors Updates | Bollywoodlife.comWed, 24 May 2017 18:30:00 +0000en-ENhourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5Anurag Kashyap responds to allegations against him in an open letterhttp://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/anurag-kashyap-responds-to-allegations-against-him-in-an-open-letter/
http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/anurag-kashyap-responds-to-allegations-against-him-in-an-open-letter/#respondWed, 12 Dec 2012 13:45:59 +0000http://www.bollywoodlife.com/?p=169876The Gangs Of Wasseypur director got back promptly to the newbie filmmaker and resolved her dispute within a matter of hours

Yesterday, we had reported on newbie filmmaker Shilpa Munikempanna’s allegations on how Anurag Kashyap and the production house for which she had entered a short filmmaking contest, had taken her for a ride. She had also accused them of gender bias. With half her dues unpaid, the newbie director threatened to sue Large Short Films and wrote an open letter to Anurag on a blog.

Well, with Anurag being so agile on the internet, he wrote back to Shilpa within hours of the letter being posted and told her that she shouldn’t have written an open letter, and come directly to him instead. The director who was out of the country promised to look into the matter at the earliest. And true to his words, Anurag got to the matter immediately and told the filmmaker that there was no gender bias against her and pointed out that she was given the money due to her and by posting an open letter, she was acting like a sore loser.

]]>http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/anurag-kashyap-responds-to-allegations-against-him-in-an-open-letter/feed/0Filmmaker accuses indie flag bearer Anurag Kashyap of being a hypocritehttp://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/filmmaker-accuses-indie-flag-bearer-anurag-kashyap-of-being-a-hypocrite/
http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/filmmaker-accuses-indie-flag-bearer-anurag-kashyap-of-being-a-hypocrite/#respondTue, 11 Dec 2012 09:20:52 +0000http://www.bollywoodlife.com/?p=169266A young filmmaker was given a raw deal by the director who shortlisted her in a recent competition

Anurag Kashyap has been known as a man who supports new and upcoming talent. At times, the filmmaker has stuck his neck out in naming Bollywood biggies who he felt have walked over or given a raw deal to any filmmaker. However, irony seems to have caught up with Anurag this time around, with a newcomer alleging that she was given a raw deal, and writing an open letter to the director.

In a recent competition where Anurag Kashyap along with director Sudhir Mishra and other panelists shortlisted 12 directors to make a film, Shilpa Munikempanna, who was a part of the 12, was unceremoniously removed. In an open letter that she has published online, Shilpa has accused the Royal Stag sponsored Large Short Film contest, and Anurag of being unfair towards her. She states that besides being the only woman in the competition, she was not paid for the time and efforts she put in, and that she was made to cull her film, a cardinal sin for any filmmaker, and Anurag of all people should not have supported something like this.

And, though Shilpa was apprehensive about publishing the open letter as her career is just about starting out, the young woman quite bravely went on to explain herself and the way she was mistreated, quite eloquently. “I know this open dissent will cost me. I’m not naïve not to understand as to how you rule visibilities around distribution and production but I will walk away knowing that I have spoken and that this is just the beginning not the end of the road for me,” said Shilpa.

It reminds us of the time Anurag Kashyap would so eloquently rant about the injustices he faced while trying to make the films he wanted. Well, hope the maverick is listening, ‘coz we can see glimpses of an angry young Kashyap himself in the letter!